Asia Pacific Expert Seminar

Program

Preliminary Program

Wednesday, 18 November 17.00 – 18.00 Icebreaker Function
Seminar Day 1
Thursday, 19 November 08.30 Registration Opens
09.15 - 09:30 Official Opening and Welcome
Professor Ali Jaafari
President of Asia Pacific International College, Seminar Chair
Session 1 09.30 – 10.00 Martin Thomas
Energy Security – Managing a Low Carbon Response
10.00 – 10.30 APES2009-018 Gary Paternoster
Exploring Project Portfolio Management Decisions: The Role of Intuition and Entrepreneurship in Project Portfolio Outcomes
10.30 – 11.00 Morning Tea
Session 2 11.00 – 11.30 APES2009-009 Simon Phillips
Project Management Paradoxes: Governance, Leadership, Management and Staff Development
11.30 – 12.00 APES2009-012 Lynne Bennington
Management Educators – "You Can Not Blame Us – We Were Not There!"
12.00 – 12.30 Ali Jaafari
On Transition from Normative to Transformative Thinking
12.30 – 14.00 Lunch
Session 3 14.00 – 14.30 APES2009-017 Catherine Killen
Managing Project Interdependencies: Exploring New Approaches
14.30 – 15.00 APES2009-022 Kiera Staley
Money Maybe Tight – But The Event Must Go On!
15.00 – 15.30 Panel and Discussion on Management Education
Ali Jaafari (Facilitator); Lynne Bennington; David Carmichael; Catherine Killen
*Panel names to be confirmed
15.30 – 16.00 Afternoon Tea
Session 4 16.00 – 16.30 Philip Dartnell
Applied Project Management™ – Using Practical Project Management Skills to Lead Across a Complex Program of Work
16.30 – 17.00 APES2009-024 Yee Loon Lee
IT-Lodge Planner – Project Management Beyond CPM
Dinner (Optional) 19.00 onwards Sydney Tower 360° Revolving Restaurant
Seminar Day 2
Friday, 20 November 08.30 Registration Opens
09.15 – 09.30 Welcome
Professor Ali Jaafari
President of Asia Pacific International College, Seminar Chair
Session 5 09.30 – 10.00 APES2009-005 David Carmichael
The Incorporation of Uncertainty Associated with Climate Change into Infrastructure Investment Appraisal
10.00 – 10.30 APES2009-008 Paul McDonald
It´s Time for Management Version 2.0: Four Forces Redefining Modern Management
10.30 – 11.00 Morning Tea
Session 6 11.00 – 11.30 Ted Tooher
The Case for Project-based Learning
11.30 – 12.00 APES2009-004 Christopher Kim
Renaissance Leadership: Transforming Leadership for the 21st Century
12.00 – 12.30 APES2009-016 Steven Goh
A Proposed Learning Journey for the 21st Century Global Engineering Manager: An Australian Perspective
12.30 – 13.30 Lunch
Session 7 13.30 – 14.00 APES2009-013 John Smyrk
Realising Project Benefits in Times of Uncertainty
14.00 – 14.30 APES2009-010 Jennifer Smith
Mentoring: A Solution to the Retention and Advancement of Female ICT Project Managers
14.30 – 15.00 Panel and Discussion on Management Practice
Ted Tooher (Facilitator); Paul Campbell; Philip Dartnell; Steven Whittle
*Panel names to be confirmed
15.00 – 15.30 Afternoon Tea
Session 8 15.30 – 16.00 APES2009-019 Abdul Jalil
The Principle of ´Separate Legal Personality´ and Duties of Company Managers
16.00 – 16.30 APES2009-014 Lee Styger
Dynamic Project Management - Lessons Transferred in the Management of Not-For-Profit Projects into Project Management with Commercial Stakeholders
16.30 – 16.45 Seminar Close

*Program is subject to change

Social Program

Icebreaker Function

Date: Wednesday, 18 November 2009
Time: 5:00pm – 6:00pm
Venue: Asia Pacific International College, North Sydney
Cost: Included in the full registration fee
Dress: Smart casual

Join participants, speakers and sponsors for drinks and finger food. This is a great opportunity to network and meet people across the Asia Pacific and beyond who may have interests similar to yours.

Seminar Dinner

Join us for dinner at Australia´s highest and most spectacular revolving restaurant. Sydney Tower Restaurant offers a truly unique dining experience. Enjoy high quality local and international cuisine from one thousand feet about the city centre. You will be treated to the breathtaking 360 degree panoramic views of Sydney and the harbour.

Date: Thursday, 19 November 2009
Time: 7:00pm onwards
Venue: Sydney Tower 360° Revolving Restaurant
Cost: AUD$ 95.00 per person
Dress: Smart casual

This event is not included in the registration fee for participants.


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